Metadata
Title
Wayne, John
Description
The master builder John Wayne is traditionally carried on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company as a member elected prior to the earliest surviving Company records of the 1760s. Wayne died in 1765, and letters of administration were issued to Thomas and Samuel Williams and Abraham Wayne. The builder had probably been ill for some time; Isaac Wayne advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette on 15 March 1764, that monies owed to John Wayne, house carpenter, should be paid to him, Lester Falkner and Nathaniel Richards.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member Number
39*
Last Name
Wayne
First Name
John
Deceased Date
3/1/1764
Children
Isaac (?)
Reference
*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 840. The master builder John Wayne is traditionally carried on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company as a member elected prior to the earliest surviving Company records of the 1760s. Wayne died in 1765 and letters of administration were issued to Thomas and Samuel Williams and Abraham Wayne. The builder had probably been ill for some time; Isaac Wayne advertised in the "Pennsylvania Gazette" in March 15, 1764, that monies owed to John Wayne, house carpenter, should be paid to him, Lester Faulkner and Nathaniel Richards.. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See also article in Pennsylvania Gazette, noted.
*Hannah Roach papers John Wayne, house carpenter, letters of administration granted 19 July 1765 to Thomas and Samuel Williams and Abraham Wayne: (Admin. Book G, 445, #85:1765). Debts of John Wayne, house carpenter, payable to Isaac Wayne, Lester Falkner and Nathaniel Richards. Penna. Gazette, 15 March 1764.
*PA Gazette 2/19/1761 - #13580 Selling plantation in Willistown township, Chester county, the owner, "John Wayne, living in 3rd St., between the two new churches."
PA Gazette 1/19/1764 - #19955 Agent for sale of houses and land in several city locations. He living in 3rd St. near St. Paul's Church.
PA Gazette 3/15/1764 - #20320 "All persons with demands against the estate of John Wayne, late of this city, house carpenter, are desired to bring account . . ." Isaac Wayne, an executor. PA Gazette 3/22/1764 - #20374 Sheriff's sale of low and "new brick kitchen" east side of 7th St. Sale "at the home of the Widow Gray, at the sign of the Bull's Head, in Market St." PA Gazette 7/12/1764 - #21165 Sheriff's sale of ground east side of 3rd St. between Walnut & Spruce "with new 3-story brick dwelling house and a good kitchen." Also, selling lot next door with a "2-story wooden tenement."
PA Gazette 10/31/1765 - #24470 Sheriff's sale of "three tenements and lots of ground south side of Christian St. in Southwark."
*Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Book; Page; Year; Purchaser)
A-1; 361; 1764; Faulkner, I.
A-1; 364; 1764; Alexander, James
*Hannah Roach papers John Wayne, house carpenter, letters of administration granted 19 July 1765 to Thomas and Samuel Williams and Abraham Wayne: (Admin. Book G, 445, #85:1765). Debts of John Wayne, house carpenter, payable to Isaac Wayne, Lester Falkner and Nathaniel Richards. Penna. Gazette, 15 March 1764.
*PA Gazette 2/19/1761 - #13580 Selling plantation in Willistown township, Chester county, the owner, "John Wayne, living in 3rd St., between the two new churches."
PA Gazette 1/19/1764 - #19955 Agent for sale of houses and land in several city locations. He living in 3rd St. near St. Paul's Church.
PA Gazette 3/15/1764 - #20320 "All persons with demands against the estate of John Wayne, late of this city, house carpenter, are desired to bring account . . ." Isaac Wayne, an executor. PA Gazette 3/22/1764 - #20374 Sheriff's sale of low and "new brick kitchen" east side of 7th St. Sale "at the home of the Widow Gray, at the sign of the Bull's Head, in Market St." PA Gazette 7/12/1764 - #21165 Sheriff's sale of ground east side of 3rd St. between Walnut & Spruce "with new 3-story brick dwelling house and a good kitchen." Also, selling lot next door with a "2-story wooden tenement."
PA Gazette 10/31/1765 - #24470 Sheriff's sale of "three tenements and lots of ground south side of Christian St. in Southwark."
*Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Book; Page; Year; Purchaser)
A-1; 361; 1764; Faulkner, I.
A-1; 364; 1764; Alexander, James
File Number
a